1 Kings 6:27-47

²⁷ And he set the cherubim in the midst of the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched, wing to wing, in the midst of the house. ²⁸ And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. ²⁹ And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without. ³⁰ And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. ³¹ And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel [and] side posts were the fifth part [of the breadth of the house]. ³² The two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees. ³³ And he also made for the doorway of the temple posts of olive-wood, of the fourth part [of the breadth of the house]. ³⁴ And the two folding-doors were of cypress-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. ³⁵ And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved work. ³⁶ And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar-beams. ³⁷ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif; ³⁸ and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.